her river flows
washing over
to carry me home
out across the sea
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is laguz, which has a core meaning of “lake” and, by extension, may be interpreted as “river”, “ocean”, “sea”, “waterfall” or a general body of water. Some alternative interpretations define as “leek”. Following the more commonly accepted meaning, bodies of water were considered liminal spaces, a place between life and death or the threshold space between which spirit and substance resides. Laguz is often associated with feminine energies and journeys via water.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
9 responses to “casting runes — 16feb26”
Oh this is so gorgeous
Thank you! 💙
My pleasure 💙
Beautiful. Words like these always flow within me whenever I’m near water.
Thank you! Are we going to get to see more of your writing in the near future? Or are you focusing on your photography?
I’m hoping to actually turn my photography hobby into a paying career in the next few years, a relaunch of my life when the kids are out of the house. But…I’ve also been writing my middle-grade novel again and working on my poetry book. I need to start doing more writing/poetry explorative pieces as I feel that part of me is out of practice. So, maybe?
I’ll take it! And I have a feeling you could do good work and with your journalism experience, who knows where that will take you?
Ah, water!
Wonderful sentiment here, Michael.
Thank you Chris. Water is awesome stuff, right?